When you are locked out of opportunities

The Shadow Superpower - By Robert Neuwirth

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/20...

With only a mobile phone and a promise of money from his uncle, David Obi did something the Nigerian government has been trying to do for decades: He figured out how to bring electricity to the masses in Africa's most populous country.

This is what people do when they are locked out of opportunities in the formal economy. Mind boggling that it has gotten so large over the years.

Governments will surely find a way to tax it but they wouldn't be successful for quite a while. They are clueless, but more important e.g., India, they and their cronies are still enjoying their sweet spot.

Update: Timely this arrived for me to insert it here. Notice the seller of this item on eBay had checked off as 'gift'. I don't think he/she is going to pay taxes on this business of selling cases and covers for computer devices.